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Monday, August 6, 2012

International Giveaway of signed copies of Transcender by Vicky Savage and a Hard back box Trilogy set of Hunger Games!

I am so incredibly excited to host this next author interview and giveaway. Vicky Savage was the first author I had contact with after starting my reviewing career. I had stumbled on her novel, Transcender: First Timer in December 2011, when she was hosting a giveaway for it. I fell in love with the world, the characters, and her writing style. She sent me a very gracious email thanking me for the review. Since then, we've kept in touch. I am so glad that finally I can help her spread the word for this terrific book.

My rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Goodreads Book Description: Ripped away from her
quiet Connecticut life with the force of a lightning bolt and glitched
into a weird alternate universe, Jaden Beckett lands smack in the middle
of a kidnapping--her own!The powerful Inter-Universal Guidance Agency (IUGA) engineers her escape and is working overtime to return her home.But
now Jaden's not sure where she belongs. In this world, she has her
mother back (a miracle she never imagined). She's known as Princess
Jaden, a member of the royal family of one of the three surviving
nations,and against her better judgment, she's fallen insanely in love
with Ryder Blackthorn, the most wanted outlaw in the land.Can the
IUGA force her to go? Or is Jaden what others in the land beleive she
is--a Transcender with the ability to travel among alternate worlds at
will?

Author Blurb:Life has been interesting so far for
Vicky Savage. She has resided in seven different states and London, England.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Minnesota and
a Juris Doctorate from Florida State University College of Law. She’s been employed in a number of enjoyable
occupations including flag-girl on a construction crew, research assistant to a
world famous scientist, trial lawyer, health-care company executive, and most
recently author and publisher of young adult fiction. She has a charmingly
boyish husband, two bright and amusing children, and two effervescent dogs. In
addition to her family, she loves the ocean, new adventures, Italy, passionate
kisses, and room service, in that order. She lives on the water in Florida.

Author Interview Part I.

When did you first
start writing?

I dabbled in writing for years before actually completing a
book. Initially I thought I’d write a legal thriller in the vein of John
Grisham or Michael Connelly, but I always lost interest in the story fairly
quickly. I became serious about writing around four years ago when my son was
in middle school. I hosted a series of book clubs and assisted with the
school’s wonderful visiting author program. As a result, I fell hopelessly in
love with young adult literature. It was more fun, creative, and emotionally
compelling than most of the adult novels I’d been reading. The real clincher for
me was when I organized a Twilight
book club for the students and their moms. The moms were as enthralled with
the books as the kids were, and I realized I wasn’t the only grown-up
unabashedly hooked on the genre. That’s when I began writing what eventually
turned into Transcender.

How did you come up
with the idea behind Transcender?

I’ve always loved romantic adventure stories set in medieval
times, with brave warriors, graceful horses, swordfights, and princesses. The
problem was I’m not a fan of “damsel in distress” tales. I wanted my heroine to
be a thoroughly modern girl, smart, capable, courageous, and athletic. So I needed
to figure out how to get my modern girl into a setting that had all the fun of
medieval times, but with great clothes and indoor plumbing. The time-travel
concept didn’t really work by itself. But I’ve always been fascinated with the
notion of parallel lives. That’s how I came up with the idea of a Transcender—someone
with the ability to travel among alternate universes. That concept allowed me
to pick and choose which elements I wanted in my story. Plus, it’s turned out
to be a rather timely topic since the discovery of the Higgs boson (the “God
Particle”). Scientists are now engaging in serious discussions about the
possibility of parallel worlds and different dimensions.

Don't forget to tune into tomorrow for the rest of this great interview! And sign up to win some great books (international giveaway)!!